If you can donate please do, imagine losing everything you own in a single day. Please help Æora.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-aeora...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-aeora...
Donate to Help Æora rebuild her life following a Flat Fire, organized by The Orca
Hi, I’m Æora, a disabled white trans woman who celebrated her 40th birthday … The Orca needs your support for Help Æora rebuild her life following a Flat Fire
www.gofundme.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you can donate please do, imagine losing everything you own in a single day. Please help Æora.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-aeora...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-aeora...
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good morning bluesky friends ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
good morning bluesky friends ❤️
Any social housing tenants in the UK had trouble with their landlord granting permission for full fibre broadband? Mine want Openreach to produce plans, drawings, specifications and insurance details which Openreach say they don't provide because they are Openreach.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Any social housing tenants in the UK had trouble with their landlord granting permission for full fibre broadband? Mine want Openreach to produce plans, drawings, specifications and insurance details which Openreach say they don't provide because they are Openreach.
Was at a pub for dinner and the table next to me was a group of rich farmers (Rolex watches, expensive cars etc). They spent most of their meal whining about how HMRC keeps making sure they aren't paying their workers in cash because it means they can't fiddle their taxes as much as they used to.
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Was at a pub for dinner and the table next to me was a group of rich farmers (Rolex watches, expensive cars etc). They spent most of their meal whining about how HMRC keeps making sure they aren't paying their workers in cash because it means they can't fiddle their taxes as much as they used to.
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It's difficult enough /when you aren't/ an asylum seeker. Can't imagine what it's like for them.
I was also just telling hutch that this is a roundabout way of denying healthcare. Referred for hospital care? HO moves you. Need to be referred again. HO moves you again.
I was also just telling hutch that this is a roundabout way of denying healthcare. Referred for hospital care? HO moves you. Need to be referred again. HO moves you again.
Most people in the UK really have no idea how extremely difficult it is to navigate the bureaucratic maze that is our healthcare system when you're an asylum seeker. It's a form of slow institutional violence where we effectively withhold healthcare and blame it on asylum seekers' "incompetence".
For asylum seekers with limited English and/or limited prior access to medical care, the process of changing GP is extremely challenging.
Besides which, you might have highly complex healthcare needs, likely including trauma, and so recounting your health issues to new doctors may be triggering.
Besides which, you might have highly complex healthcare needs, likely including trauma, and so recounting your health issues to new doctors may be triggering.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's difficult enough /when you aren't/ an asylum seeker. Can't imagine what it's like for them.
I was also just telling hutch that this is a roundabout way of denying healthcare. Referred for hospital care? HO moves you. Need to be referred again. HO moves you again.
I was also just telling hutch that this is a roundabout way of denying healthcare. Referred for hospital care? HO moves you. Need to be referred again. HO moves you again.
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more pointless performative cruelty from a government of sickos
If somebody had to travel 250 miles for a medical appointment then yes there’s a problem but the taking a taxi ain’t it
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
more pointless performative cruelty from a government of sickos
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oh shit, it's a week until i run the Valencia Marathon. I'm having a final fundraising push - any shares or donations to help raise money for @deeboom.bsky.social and @stargocks64.bsky.social trans healthcare would be massively appreciated 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
oh shit, it's a week until i run the Valencia Marathon. I'm having a final fundraising push - any shares or donations to help raise money for @deeboom.bsky.social and @stargocks64.bsky.social trans healthcare would be massively appreciated 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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I’m pretty sure it was proven that those “autonomous” robots were piloted by workers in India/South America. So they’re basically replaced low paid gig economy workers with even lower paid gig economy workers but are pretending they’re robots.
Same with Amazon Fresh IIRC
Same with Amazon Fresh IIRC
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m pretty sure it was proven that those “autonomous” robots were piloted by workers in India/South America. So they’re basically replaced low paid gig economy workers with even lower paid gig economy workers but are pretending they’re robots.
Same with Amazon Fresh IIRC
Same with Amazon Fresh IIRC
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Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
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This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Reminds me of when a female leopard seal spent 4 days trying to feed a human, I remember at the time it was theorised that his camera lens reminded her of a pup opening its mouth to ask for food.
as so often, the explanation is probably 'animals feel emotions that are similar to ours, and when we disregard the evidence to avoid 'anthromorphism' it's fundamentally ideological, not scientific'
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Reminds me of when a female leopard seal spent 4 days trying to feed a human, I remember at the time it was theorised that his camera lens reminded her of a pup opening its mouth to ask for food.
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
My old catflap died and as I have two giant cats I'm replacing it with the much bigger pet door version (for large cats and small dogs). How do these giant cats keep finding me. I'm known at the vets because the combo of them and me (barely over 5ft) is so funny.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My old catflap died and as I have two giant cats I'm replacing it with the much bigger pet door version (for large cats and small dogs). How do these giant cats keep finding me. I'm known at the vets because the combo of them and me (barely over 5ft) is so funny.
Already have a smart TV but I got so fed up of adverts on my home screen that I bought a cheap android TV box so I could install a launcher on it which doesn't have any ads. Adverts in every streaming app has pushed me to my limit apparently.
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Already have a smart TV but I got so fed up of adverts on my home screen that I bought a cheap android TV box so I could install a launcher on it which doesn't have any ads. Adverts in every streaming app has pushed me to my limit apparently.
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This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
Finally got buscopan on my repeat prescription thanks to the gastroenterologist I saw a few months ago. Been having to buy it regularly for years, I dread to imagine how many hundreds of pounds I've spent on it. It's essential for me but for years GPs have refused as it's available over the counter.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Finally got buscopan on my repeat prescription thanks to the gastroenterologist I saw a few months ago. Been having to buy it regularly for years, I dread to imagine how many hundreds of pounds I've spent on it. It's essential for me but for years GPs have refused as it's available over the counter.
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The fear is not that Roombas will stop working, but that they will become unleashed
iRobot, the US company behind the Roomba robot vacuum, is facing severe financial trouble, raising further questions about the future of its devices www.channelnews.com.au/irobot-on-th...
channelnews : iRobot On The Brink Of Bankruptcy, Leaving Roombas at Risk
iRobot, the US company behind the Roomba robot vacuum, is facing severe financial trouble, raising further questions about the future of its devices. The company’s latest quarterly results show revenu...
www.channelnews.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The fear is not that Roombas will stop working, but that they will become unleashed
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best ending of all time, let's be real
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
best ending of all time, let's be real
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Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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IIRC complications from puberty blockers result almost exclusively from their use in treating precocious puberty, not as a part of trans healthcare. It's almost as if "concerns" over health were not the primary motivator in opposition to PBs for trans kids.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
IIRC complications from puberty blockers result almost exclusively from their use in treating precocious puberty, not as a part of trans healthcare. It's almost as if "concerns" over health were not the primary motivator in opposition to PBs for trans kids.
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the only reason they ever gave me an iron infusion is that i had endometrial cancer that caused endless bleeding and they were able to give me the infusion during the cancer surgery.
we need easier access to iron.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
we need easier access to iron.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Tired all the time? There may be a simple reason for that
Levels of fatigue among women in Britain are soaring, and this isn’t the kind that can be cured by a nap. What lies behind the exhaustion epidemic?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
the only reason they ever gave me an iron infusion is that i had endometrial cancer that caused endless bleeding and they were able to give me the infusion during the cancer surgery.
we need easier access to iron.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
we need easier access to iron.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.